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Alliance Atlantis was founded in 1998 as a merger of Alliance Entertainment Corporation and Atlantis Communications, both which were founded in 1985. Alliance Atlantis was acquired by CanWest and an affiliate of Goldman Sachs in 2007. The television distribution arm of the company was transferred to Echo Bridge Entertainment, while the movie business was relaunched as Alliance Films. Eventually, Alliance Films was acquired by Entertainment One. | Alliance Atlantis was founded in 1998 as a merger of Alliance Entertainment Corporation and Atlantis Communications, both which were founded in 1985. Alliance Atlantis was acquired by CanWest and an affiliate of Goldman Sachs in 2007. The television distribution arm of the company was transferred to Echo Bridge Entertainment, while the movie business was relaunched as Alliance Films. Eventually, Alliance Films was acquired by Entertainment One. | ||
=== 1st Logo ( | === 1st Logo (May 18, 1998-August 20, 1999) === | ||
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'''Nickname:''' " | '''Nickname:''' "Silver" | ||
'''Logo:''' | '''Logo:''' On a black background, the text "ALLIANCE" and "ATLANTIS", in a silver Times New Roman font, rotate and fold into view while spreading apart from each other. A {{Font color|red|red}} line draws in, giving off a red glow on the text before dying down. | ||
''' | '''Variants:''' | ||
* A filmed variant exists where the red line doesn't have a red glow on the text. | |||
* On TV shows, the logo was usually abridged and had the URL addresses "www.atlantis.ca" or "www.allianceatlantis.ca" appear under the logo.. | |||
* A early version is said to exist where the logo just had "ATLANTIS" with no red line, but there's no video proof that's online yet and the only photo is a doctored recreation. This was said to have been used on the middle episodes of Season 4 of the 1998 revival of ''The Outer Limits''. | |||
'''FX/SFX:''' | '''FX/SFX:''' The text rotating, the line drawing. | ||
'''Music/Sounds:''' | '''Music/Sounds:''' A brass fanfare, with a reversed cymbal clash and a timpani hit when the line came into view. | ||
'''Availability:''' Rare. | '''Availability:''' Rare. | ||
* It appeared on ''The Crow: Stairway to Heaven'', ''Beast Wars'', ''The Famous Jett Jackson'' and ''NightMan'', among other shows. | * It appeared on ''The Crow: Stairway to Heaven'', ''Beast Wars'', ''The Famous Jett Jackson'' and ''NightMan'', among other shows. | ||
* This still survives on middle seasons of ''The | * This still survives on middle seasons of ''The Outer Limits (1998)'' on Comet and the 1999 film, ''eXistenZ''. | ||
'''Editor's Note:''' This is merely a prototype logo, as the official logo for the company wasn't revealed yet. | '''Editor's Note:''' This is merely a prototype logo, as the official logo for the company wasn't revealed yet. | ||
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'''Nicknames:''' "The Metallic A", "The Frontier of the Australian Logo", "The Alliance A" | '''Nicknames:''' "The Metallic A", "The Frontier of the Australian Logo", "The Alliance A" | ||
'''Logo:''' Same the 1991 Alliance logo, but with the word "'''{{Font|Times New Roman|ATLANTIS}}'''" appearing below "'''ALLIANCE}}'''". | '''Logo:''' Same the 1991 Alliance logo, but with the word "'''{{Font|Times New Roman|ATLANTIS}}'''" appearing below "'''{{Font|Times New Roman|ALLIANCE}}'''". | ||
'''Variant:''' On French-language theatrical films, "'''{{Font|Times New Roman|VIVAFILM}}'''" appears under the rest of the text. | '''Variant:''' On French-language theatrical films, "'''{{Font|Times New Roman|VIVAFILM}}'''" appears under the rest of the text. | ||
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'''Nicknames:''' "Gold-Black A", "Alliance Atlantis A", "The Alliance Atlantis Boomerang" | '''Nicknames:''' "Gold-Black A", "Alliance Atlantis A", "The Alliance Atlantis Boomerang" | ||
'''Logo:''' We see a cloudy gray sky with snow-capped mountains, panning southwest to | '''Logo:''' We see a cloudy gray sky with snow-capped mountains, panning southwest to a batch of clear gemstones below, complete with rainbow lights refracting off them. Two of the gemstones streak into the air, positioning themselves to the shape of a long isosceles triangle, in a nod to the Alliance logo. The image fades into the boomerang-shaped Alliance "Metallic A" but with the bottom left {{Font color|gold|gold}} and the top right black. The text "'''ALLIANCE ATLANTIS'''" is seen below. A spark flies from the bottom to the top as thunder can be seen in the clouds. | ||
'''Variants:''' | '''Variants:''' | ||
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* On French-language theatrical films, the word "'''{{Font|Times New Roman|VIVAFILM}}'''" appears under the rest of the text. (Vivafilm Ltée. was then called Alliance Atlantis Vivafilm and was their French-Canadian division.) | * On French-language theatrical films, the word "'''{{Font|Times New Roman|VIVAFILM}}'''" appears under the rest of the text. (Vivafilm Ltée. was then called Alliance Atlantis Vivafilm and was their French-Canadian division.) | ||
* An early filmed variant exists, where the colors are darker and the final result looks a little more realistic. | * An early filmed variant exists, where the colors are darker and the final result looks a little more realistic. | ||
* Later films had a legal disclaimer appear below the logo (accompanied by an asterisk above the trademark symbol next to the logo). | |||
'''FX/SFX:''' Nice CGI, basically an update of the 1991 Alliance logo. | '''FX/SFX:''' Nice CGI, basically an update of the 1991 Alliance logo. | ||